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the hamas rockets came toward beersheba. from the outside it didn't look too bad, but inside is another story. a mother, father and four of their children were inside the home. when the sirens went off they had less than a minute. they made it. they did -- the husband says we went to the safe room, closed the door, we heard a big boom. straight after that an electric outage. he says the young girls were in a little hysteria. we were lucky we entered the safe room. his wife said the fire was to protect the children, then when they saw the incredible damage, they were stunned. their 9-year-old said she is was frightened when she heard the initial siren and then the large explosion. an israeli member of parliament minced no words in what he thought israel had to do. >> all my sons, four of them, they are ready to go. >> but there's a major debail on whether that's rise. >> a former air force xharchder says he hopes the naval and airpower can get it done. 11 hamas rockets entered the vicinity while we were there. some were inter
the hamas rockets came toward beersheba. from the outside it didn't look too bad, but inside is another story. a mother, father and four of their children were inside the home. when the sirens went off they had less than a minute. they made it. they did -- the husband says we went to the safe room, closed the door, we heard a big boom. straight after that an electric outage. he says the young girls were in a little hysteria. we were lucky we entered the safe room. his wife said the fire was to...
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full solace for hamas. no victory for hamas. for ramallah, he is really on the sidelines and we can talk about it later. he wants to bring the issue of palestinian statehood to the u.n. on november 29th. that too is a false road. there really isn't a palestinian way through the gun and through hamas. >> no military solution frankly to this conflict by either side. some sort of political solution down the road. that roadmap seems very far off. at this point, hearing distant sounds of explosions, not anywhere in central gaza city, far off in the distance. we'll continue to broadcast from here, also from jerusalem, from the israeli side of the border, border towns have been hard hit over the last seven to eight days and talk to israeli ambassador to the u.s. when we come back. [ man ] in hong kong, on my way to the board meeting... anne's tablet called my phone. anne's tablet was chatting with a tablet in sydney... a desktop in zurich... and a telepresence room in brazil. the secure cloud helped us get some numbers from my assistan
full solace for hamas. no victory for hamas. for ramallah, he is really on the sidelines and we can talk about it later. he wants to bring the issue of palestinian statehood to the u.n. on november 29th. that too is a false road. there really isn't a palestinian way through the gun and through hamas. >> no military solution frankly to this conflict by either side. some sort of political solution down the road. that roadmap seems very far off. at this point, hearing distant sounds of...
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they are then put back together by hamas' rocket squad. and the most sophisticated missal these now have are often fired from underground launch pads. that of course makes it far harder for the military to spot them. >> and if a ground invasion were to happen. that seems less likely than it did yesterday. it would be a different war. >> and it is less likely because netanyahu, the israeli prime minister does not want to have to do it. the israeli people are a lot less keen on any kind of ground war than they are supportive of this current air campaign. if you look at a fly over map of gaza city, you can see exactly why it is so densly packed. if you roll the tanks through those streets, they are in much, much greater peril. we saw it in 2006. the palestinians were building these sand berms. they man them with rpg's and they can take clean shots at the tanks that are armored. but they slow down the progress of the tank. that makes it easier to take some israeli casualty and it makes it far more likely that some israeli soldiers could face t
they are then put back together by hamas' rocket squad. and the most sophisticated missal these now have are often fired from underground launch pads. that of course makes it far harder for the military to spot them. >> and if a ground invasion were to happen. that seems less likely than it did yesterday. it would be a different war. >> and it is less likely because netanyahu, the israeli prime minister does not want to have to do it. the israeli people are a lot less keen on any...
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how many rockets does hamas have in its possession, and if hamas is able to get out of this with some rockets, that's a huge symbolic victory for them. >> is this something we've seen before, or is this colored by the arab spring and all the uprisings there? >> i think this is different because you have a change with the israeli revolution. you saw last week shells in israel. perhaps by mistake, but they did it and israel returned fire. you know it poses a major threat and now you have an egyptian government that is no longer going to be quiet when israel does retaliate. you had the prime minister of egypt today. egypt will be very careful not to break with israel, not to break camp david, of course, but nonetheless, it's opening up that border and it's going to be easier for hamas to elicit this rocket territory. i think that has them much more worried and much more willing and able to go into places like gaza to try to deal with the threat and deal with the ruse of a threat. >> nick, you mentioned the egyptian president. i want to you listen to a fiery speech he made today about the
how many rockets does hamas have in its possession, and if hamas is able to get out of this with some rockets, that's a huge symbolic victory for them. >> is this something we've seen before, or is this colored by the arab spring and all the uprisings there? >> i think this is different because you have a change with the israeli revolution. you saw last week shells in israel. perhaps by mistake, but they did it and israel returned fire. you know it poses a major threat and now you...
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hamas is getting stronger there by the day. from that point of view, the israelis have not gained politically is of the are faced in really complex situations. they are the strongest power in the region, but they're getting weaker and weaker having so many people who are on friendly, mainly the german the of the americans. >> briefly, the egyptians president has played a key role in trying to establish. how has he fired? >> very well, surprisingly. they have so far withheld credits, over $5 billion, and they have now provided money to the egyptian government for their successful mediating. >> thank you very much. our cairo correspondent joins us on . we have conflicting reports. hamas as a truce has been negotiated. israel says not yet. what's going on? >> it is very unclear. this afternoon, they said the ceasefire was going to be tonight and then hamas in cairo says there is supposed to be a press conference right now as we speak. d, soon after, they say that there might be a ceasefire agreement, but they are not sure. we know
hamas is getting stronger there by the day. from that point of view, the israelis have not gained politically is of the are faced in really complex situations. they are the strongest power in the region, but they're getting weaker and weaker having so many people who are on friendly, mainly the german the of the americans. >> briefly, the egyptians president has played a key role in trying to establish. how has he fired? >> very well, surprisingly. they have so far withheld credits,...
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does not recognize hamas. president obama we're told has been also in very late night talks for his time zone. he's been in the far east on that east asia summit trip, but he's been talking to prime minister netanyahu, talking to the egyptian president morsi, and the u.s. has said that they really believe that the egyptians have played a very significant and very constructive role. again, we'll wait to see what happens but this is a major test for egypt, not so much for egypt, but for how egypt and the world might work together on these issues. the first time an islamist leader elected in egypt has taken part in these very, very difficult kinds of things. >> and even as they are apparently close to a deal, a lot of rockets came into israel today, including not far from where we are here in jerusalem, a whole bunch came in the south, i was there earlier in the day, and the israelis are continuing their strikes in gaza as well. >> well, that's right. the air war, so to speak, continues while the diplomacy also c
does not recognize hamas. president obama we're told has been also in very late night talks for his time zone. he's been in the far east on that east asia summit trip, but he's been talking to prime minister netanyahu, talking to the egyptian president morsi, and the u.s. has said that they really believe that the egyptians have played a very significant and very constructive role. again, we'll wait to see what happens but this is a major test for egypt, not so much for egypt, but for how egypt...
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hamas will use you as human shields." the three reporters with -- tv. >> i want the idea of spokesperson to tell me if i'm standing next to hamas people so i don't get killed. these kinds of threats, i don't know what they're meant to do. the rhetoric coming from israel, probably in meeting to assassinating journalists, to say, stay away from hamas because they're targeting anything. there was a hamas official in the hospital or does came from, are they going to bomb the hospital now? are they going to bomb schools? civilians are being killed. that is a fact. that is what is happening. either israel has pinpoint accuracy and is targeting these civilians, or they don't have pinpoint accuracy and they are raiding hellfire down on one of the most densely populated places on earth. there is no other explanation. >> thank you for being with us, sharif abdel kouddous. the very, very careful. his latest piece is in "the nation" magazine. to clarify, the three journalists who were killed, two for cameramen t working forv, killed
hamas will use you as human shields." the three reporters with -- tv. >> i want the idea of spokesperson to tell me if i'm standing next to hamas people so i don't get killed. these kinds of threats, i don't know what they're meant to do. the rhetoric coming from israel, probably in meeting to assassinating journalists, to say, stay away from hamas because they're targeting anything. there was a hamas official in the hospital or does came from, are they going to bomb the hospital...
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the flip side of that is, you never know where a hamas or an alleged hamas person may be. where they may have an office in a building like this, where, you know, do they have an office on the floor below you? you don't know. and so israel considers that a target and so they're going to -- if they fire missiles into your building, you can can very easily get killed. >> one final question. did they have any clue when you walked around the street, you were wearing body arrest more and a helmet. do these folks know who you are? >> some people do. >> is cnn in gaza? >> a lot of people didn't have electricity, some people have satellite dishes, they're able to see it. but, you know, i actually don't -- you try not -- i actually didn't wear body armor all of the time. >> i saw some pictures of you wearing it. >> yeah, in some cases you would wear body armor, other times you didn't. a lot of it had to do with i was interacting with people, just regular people, i generally don't wear body armor, because i think it sends the wrong message if i'm asking people to tell me their story,
the flip side of that is, you never know where a hamas or an alleged hamas person may be. where they may have an office in a building like this, where, you know, do they have an office on the floor below you? you don't know. and so israel considers that a target and so they're going to -- if they fire missiles into your building, you can can very easily get killed. >> one final question. did they have any clue when you walked around the street, you were wearing body arrest more and a...
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also an up close look at hamas and what people here really feel about hamas. riding the dog like it's a small horse is frowned upon in this establishment! luckily though, ya know, i conceal this bad boy underneath my blanket just so i can get on e-trade. check my investment portfolio, research stocks... wait, why are you taking... oh, i see...solitary. just a man and his thoughts. and a smartphone... with an e-trade app. ♪ nobody knows... [ male announcer ] e-trade. investing unleashed. >>> one of the biggest strikes we saw yesterday was on this building. the islamic national bank. i'm assuming it was a target by israeli forces because this is the bank where salaries for hamas members are paid out from. >> that building was struck yesterday very close to the large strike that we saw earlier this evening. i'm here with ben wedeman. also joining me is princeton university's anne-marie slaughter. let's talk about hamas. fuad in the last segment was saying he thinks the gaza population is a captive population to hamas. how popular are they here? they clearly hav
also an up close look at hamas and what people here really feel about hamas. riding the dog like it's a small horse is frowned upon in this establishment! luckily though, ya know, i conceal this bad boy underneath my blanket just so i can get on e-trade. check my investment portfolio, research stocks... wait, why are you taking... oh, i see...solitary. just a man and his thoughts. and a smartphone... with an e-trade app. ♪ nobody knows... [ male announcer ] e-trade. investing unleashed....
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>> that is the fault of hamas. hamas has put its fighters in the very midst of a densely populated area because they not only have a military strategy of trying to kill the maximum number of israeli citizens, they have a media strategy. they want us to fire back at them and if we injure pll civilians or -- palestinian civilians or kill them tragically, they can use that sensationalize, put the pictures on the newspaper and delegitimize us and deny us the right to defend ourselves. if we injure or god forbid kill palestinians for us that's a tragedy. if they kill israelis for them that's a victory. it's completely different set of rules for hamas and for israel. this time, we were able to reduce in this round of fighting -- the last round was in 2008 -- 2009, a higher level of civilian casualties. we were able to pin poirnts some of our targeting much better. there are a number of palestinian casualties but between one half and two-thirds of the casualties are actually armed fighters. and not civilians. but again, w
>> that is the fault of hamas. hamas has put its fighters in the very midst of a densely populated area because they not only have a military strategy of trying to kill the maximum number of israeli citizens, they have a media strategy. they want us to fire back at them and if we injure pll civilians or -- palestinian civilians or kill them tragically, they can use that sensationalize, put the pictures on the newspaper and delegitimize us and deny us the right to defend ourselves. if we...
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how is iran factoring into hamas? with the israeli elections about to happen, you know, what is the new and post-u.s. election what is the new geopolitical landscape. so the united states really cannot afford to have another hot bed, potential big, big problem on its hands again in the middle east with israeli/palestinian relationship. so, you know, the united states has to play a crucial role. the president understands that. and that's why you see secretary of state clinton there. >> the money that the u.s. promises in aid to egypt, $2 billion is that enough leverage to be able to keep mohamed morsi overseeing this process and peace in the region, continuing not only to be a partner to the u.s., but once again considered an ally? >> well, we have seen a difference between the public rhetoric of morsi and the muslim brotherhood run government in egypt and what it knows behind the scenes, what's known on the behind the scenes, egypt being a key player in trying to negotiate at least a cease-fire in the region. because
how is iran factoring into hamas? with the israeli elections about to happen, you know, what is the new and post-u.s. election what is the new geopolitical landscape. so the united states really cannot afford to have another hot bed, potential big, big problem on its hands again in the middle east with israeli/palestinian relationship. so, you know, the united states has to play a crucial role. the president understands that. and that's why you see secretary of state clinton there. >> the...
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the other is hamas. there's an increasing distance between these two organizations which makes it very, very difficult to know who should be negotiating with israel. >> well, the plo, palestine liberation organization remains the representative of the palestinian people, even when hamas formed the palestinian government after the elections of 2006, they acknowledged this fact that the plo will be in charge of conducting negotiations with israel in order to resolve the conflict. so there's no question about who represents the palestinian people here. we do have political differences. this is not a secret. but when it comes to confronting this israeli brutal attack against the gaza strip, witnessing the deaths of innocent civilians, 135 so far have been killed, almost 1,000 wounded, we have put aside all our differences and we do our best to protect our people. >> how do you personally feel about the indiscriminate firing of rockets into israeli civilian areas going back months and years? >> well, we alway
the other is hamas. there's an increasing distance between these two organizations which makes it very, very difficult to know who should be negotiating with israel. >> well, the plo, palestine liberation organization remains the representative of the palestinian people, even when hamas formed the palestinian government after the elections of 2006, they acknowledged this fact that the plo will be in charge of conducting negotiations with israel in order to resolve the conflict. so there's...
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the president there has been backing hamas. many egyptians back hamas but hillary clinton has been discussing with egyptian officials the fact the law of our aid to the imf and they have to strike a deal and strike an accord. we are waiting on confirmation. there are reports of a cease-fire. we heard this yesterday and we will bring that breaking news when we get it. now we go to the stock market as we do every 15 minutes, nicole petallides, 4 of the stock exchange every 15 minutes. a lot of traders are leaving town. what do you think? nicole: and look at a full day run rate. looks ok but two hundred million shares here at the lunchtime hour and volume has been somewhat light and we have a 200 point gain monday and looking at winning weeks of our on wall street is what. drug stocks to the upside. major market averages are higher. banking index is falling back. traders are taught to as far as the trend of this market four week 0 of selling and despite a gain on monday they still think if you were buying around these levels you w
the president there has been backing hamas. many egyptians back hamas but hillary clinton has been discussing with egyptian officials the fact the law of our aid to the imf and they have to strike a deal and strike an accord. we are waiting on confirmation. there are reports of a cease-fire. we heard this yesterday and we will bring that breaking news when we get it. now we go to the stock market as we do every 15 minutes, nicole petallides, 4 of the stock exchange every 15 minutes. a lot of...
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you asked him does hamas want pease with -- peace with israel? what did he say? >> reporter: well, he didn't really answer the question directly. he began by giving a message to the american people, that the american people need to wake up and stop supporting israel and stand instead in support of 350 million arabs. and then he said that essentially he sees the palestinians as the victims in this situation and the israelis as the aggressors. so in his mind, it is up to the israelis to sort of reach out to make the first step towards putting down their weapons and establishing some kind of a pac -- peace. >> clarissa, thank you so much for the update. >>> meanwhile, four men in california have been arrested in a terrorist plot. federal officials say the men arranged to join al qaeda and the taliban. they allegedly plans to kill americans at home and in afghanistan by bombing government buildings. if convicted, they could face up to 15 years in prison. >>> in washington, republicans are digging in their heels over the possible nomination of susan rice to be the nex
you asked him does hamas want pease with -- peace with israel? what did he say? >> reporter: well, he didn't really answer the question directly. he began by giving a message to the american people, that the american people need to wake up and stop supporting israel and stand instead in support of 350 million arabs. and then he said that essentially he sees the palestinians as the victims in this situation and the israelis as the aggressors. so in his mind, it is up to the israelis to...
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very provocative acts by hamas. the israelis need to be convinced hamas is going to stop its rocketing of the israeli population and want to test mohamed morsi. can he deliver a deal? as jamie said, this is a new egypt. and there's no more standoffish relationship with the hamas organization. mohamed morsi has identified with them, supported them throughout this conflict. but then again, mohamed morsi has a relationship, the president of egypt, with the united states of america, with europe, with the international financial institutions. he's the one who needs to facilitate, leverage, pressure, hamas to agree to the cease-fire. and i do agree with jamie, as well. hillary clinton is essential now. the united states is the only country that can put together either a period of calm, deescalation or a full cease-fire. and then hopefully if that is achieved, pick up the initiative and try to reinvigorate discussions between palestinians and israelis. >> one thing this has me thinking about, people complain about the midd
very provocative acts by hamas. the israelis need to be convinced hamas is going to stop its rocketing of the israeli population and want to test mohamed morsi. can he deliver a deal? as jamie said, this is a new egypt. and there's no more standoffish relationship with the hamas organization. mohamed morsi has identified with them, supported them throughout this conflict. but then again, mohamed morsi has a relationship, the president of egypt, with the united states of america, with europe,...
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it's not necessarily that hamas feels empowered but now perhaps egypt's president is saying to hamas you also have a responsibility to govern, you can't just fire these rockets indiscriminately and trigger this type of backlash. this isn't only a crossroads for israel and gaza, it has a tremendous amount of implications for egypt and u.s. foreign policy vis-a-vis the new emerging realities of the arab world. >> i want to open this up to our panel in new york. something that has been going on that i don't think has got an ton of coverage, is how the israeli defense ministry is using twitter to sort of talk about what they are doing. max fisher writing in "the washington post" -- skeptics particularly in the arab countries surrounding israel have seemed to consider the tweets posts overly triumphant or insensitive. the less pressure he feels from anti-israeli activists a s musl brother hood factions the better israel is likely to be served. we have tweets focusing on those who have been assassinated, quote/unquote eliminated. here's one that says since the start of operation pillar of
it's not necessarily that hamas feels empowered but now perhaps egypt's president is saying to hamas you also have a responsibility to govern, you can't just fire these rockets indiscriminately and trigger this type of backlash. this isn't only a crossroads for israel and gaza, it has a tremendous amount of implications for egypt and u.s. foreign policy vis-a-vis the new emerging realities of the arab world. >> i want to open this up to our panel in new york. something that has been going...
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hamas for its part is not just fighting israel. it's also involved in a linger-time battle with fat that, which is the party of palestinian president mahmoud abbas. what hamas leaders believe they have achieved is to demonstrate to the palestinian people that their choice to attack israel and negotiate from that point gets better results than the baathist preferred method of peaceful negotiations. the rocket attacks are the reason israel is committed to at least considering easing the economic embargo. they are also loudly promoting the perception that they stood up to the israeli aerial on slot and that israel was afraid to launch a ground war. even some influential voices on the israeli side are accusing prime minister netanyahu of backing down. the former head of the israeli defense forces now a political rival of netanyahu said, quote: the goals of his operation were not reached and the next round is only a matter of time. we should not have stopped at this stage. hamas got stronger and we did not gain deterrence. prime ministe
hamas for its part is not just fighting israel. it's also involved in a linger-time battle with fat that, which is the party of palestinian president mahmoud abbas. what hamas leaders believe they have achieved is to demonstrate to the palestinian people that their choice to attack israel and negotiate from that point gets better results than the baathist preferred method of peaceful negotiations. the rocket attacks are the reason israel is committed to at least considering easing the economic...
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and, also, they are in contact with hamas. hose me mubarak was not in touch with hamas. they wouldn't speak to him at all and often closed the side to journalists it. the difference is mursi was able to speak to hamas and exprl mediate the deal. that's really never been possible before. of course, without american influence, this would never have come to pass. they are, in speaking to egyptian officials and speaking to palestinian officiales, everybody here said we really need the americans to lean on israel and only when hillary clinton came to the region, did a deal come to fruition. >> and finally, just even in the next day or days, is it clear how this is enforced? it didn't seem to be in any language, other than sort of leaving it to each side to enforce the deal. >> reporter: right. it's been very simple. hamas has agreed to control all palestinians' action. nobody will fire into israel. israel has agreed to stop the bombardment. at 9:00 p.m. everything went quiet. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu warned and said we're ready to ramp it up again if ther
and, also, they are in contact with hamas. hose me mubarak was not in touch with hamas. they wouldn't speak to him at all and often closed the side to journalists it. the difference is mursi was able to speak to hamas and exprl mediate the deal. that's really never been possible before. of course, without american influence, this would never have come to pass. they are, in speaking to egyptian officials and speaking to palestinian officiales, everybody here said we really need the americans to...
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is there no going around hamas. hamas is here to stay. hamas is the power to be reckoned with. president abbas put all of his eggs in the american basket, the united states has failed to deliver. hamas has come a long way, still has a longer way to travel in terms of accepting the political vision for the peace process. the reality is hamas is entirely different than the hamas that exived in the 1990s and early 2000. it has come almost very close to accepting the political roles of the united states and european community should begin the process of engagement with hamas. this is the way to go. >> that would be a significant game changer there. thank you very much. want to go back to the united states where the country is now nearing what we are calling the fiscal cliff, roughly 40 days away. taxes go up 90% on us and president and congress, it they don't make a deal, what's going to happen if this actually takes place? we'll find out after a quick break.d nasal [ tissue box ] he said nasal congestion. yeah...i heard him. [ female announcer ] tylenol® cold multi-symptom nightt
is there no going around hamas. hamas is here to stay. hamas is the power to be reckoned with. president abbas put all of his eggs in the american basket, the united states has failed to deliver. hamas has come a long way, still has a longer way to travel in terms of accepting the political vision for the peace process. the reality is hamas is entirely different than the hamas that exived in the 1990s and early 2000. it has come almost very close to accepting the political roles of the united...
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hamas had very few friends. in fact, it could only look, for instance, to syria and iran for real support. but recently, of course, hamas has broken from iran. its offices in syria have been shuttered, and it has become very close to egypt, which is now under the leadership of mohamed morsi, a member of the muslim brotherhood. it also enjoys very close relations with qatar and turkey. so i followed these arab ministers around gaza today. they went to the shiffa hospital where many wounded are staying. and i spoke with several of them. many of them stressing one interesting point. that the arab spring has changed the way arab countries approach gaza. before countries like egypt were very wary of offending their american patrons and kept hamas at an arm's length. dealt with hamas, but it was well-known he did not like hamas at all, given its affiliations with the muslim brotherhood in egypt. some of these ministers telling me that they feel that the united states in this crisis has played a very passive role in tr
hamas had very few friends. in fact, it could only look, for instance, to syria and iran for real support. but recently, of course, hamas has broken from iran. its offices in syria have been shuttered, and it has become very close to egypt, which is now under the leadership of mohamed morsi, a member of the muslim brotherhood. it also enjoys very close relations with qatar and turkey. so i followed these arab ministers around gaza today. they went to the shiffa hospital where many wounded are...
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most notably, the house of a -- the hamas the head of a hamas rocket unit. initially say had said they killed that man. they can't verify whether or not they did -- the local ambulance crews said that as many as ten civilians, women and children were inside the house at the time. the israelis do acknowledge that this man's family was in the house at the time. but they cannot confirm if he was there. israeli -- hitting some local journalists, they had called up some french journalists in advance of the strike, and told them to get out of the building, and they did evacuate, but some journalists did go back inside. there was a response to that, there's been a number of large explosions already this evening and we an fticipate in the hour ahead. >> what's the feeling you get of the atmosphere right now when you see people in gaza and you know it's going to be another long night there? >> it's obviously a very tense atmosphere, the streets are deserted not only at this time of night, but at this time of day, shops are closed, and you don't see the large number o
most notably, the house of a -- the hamas the head of a hamas rocket unit. initially say had said they killed that man. they can't verify whether or not they did -- the local ambulance crews said that as many as ten civilians, women and children were inside the house at the time. the israelis do acknowledge that this man's family was in the house at the time. but they cannot confirm if he was there. israeli -- hitting some local journalists, they had called up some french journalists in advance...
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egypt governs the relationship with hamas. if this is the route the government of egypt pursues, then the potential for working relationship with israel as possible. if it tries to achieve political success by ideological means, then we in the united states will be in a very difficult position and the israelis will be an even more difficult position. one last note is that we are about to see the completion of the security fence and when i say security fence of people think what is going up between the west bank are part of the west bank and pre-67 israel. it's all mired in politics etc. etc.. the security fence i'm talking about is the one along the egypt israeli border which has unanimous support among the israeli political system and it has gone up with lightning. lightning speed. is likely to have a powerful impact on the potential for terrorism emanating from inside of egypt and israel. over here, you had a question earlier. no? okay, howard. >> 10 years ago we were frantically trying to buy at -- from bosnia. the question
egypt governs the relationship with hamas. if this is the route the government of egypt pursues, then the potential for working relationship with israel as possible. if it tries to achieve political success by ideological means, then we in the united states will be in a very difficult position and the israelis will be an even more difficult position. one last note is that we are about to see the completion of the security fence and when i say security fence of people think what is going up...
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if you decide that hamas or israel, hamas seeking listening of the embargo on the blockade. not get that. it may get some cosmetic changes. they will lead a little at the edges so it can hand over something. it can hand over a little bit more easy to get in and out of israel if you are a worker. but the -- so, that demand is not going to be met. israelis want an egyptian guarantee that they would stop the smuggling. the reason that you have the rockets that reach tel aviv and jerusalem is because of the new regime. sinai is a to man's land -- no man's land. smuggling of weapons is reaching a high level. israelis have to stop them that and otherwise they will be another war in a few months because they cannot allow a buildup of the rockets. they didn't get that, the israelis. what they did get if you look at the statement, from obama he says he will work with israel. we, the united states, to prevent the smuggling. they didn't say egypt. they obviously have to use egypt because egypt is in control. that is remain -- it remains up in the air how much egypt will do. that will d
if you decide that hamas or israel, hamas seeking listening of the embargo on the blockade. not get that. it may get some cosmetic changes. they will lead a little at the edges so it can hand over something. it can hand over a little bit more easy to get in and out of israel if you are a worker. but the -- so, that demand is not going to be met. israelis want an egyptian guarantee that they would stop the smuggling. the reason that you have the rockets that reach tel aviv and jerusalem is...
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hamas controls gaza. they are responsible for gaza. >> will you ease the blockade of grauz as a result of this agreement? >> the thing is, wolf, over the last few years we've had a gradual lifting of restrictions, slow and steady, incremental, but a slow and steady process of easing restrictions. now, here you've got to put cause and effect in the right order. we only impose restrictions because of the hostility, because of the rockets, because of the violence, because of the terrorism. if the border is quiet, that enables us to be more forthcoming and arrangements agreed with egyptians say we'll start talking from tomorrow about a process to work on those issues. >> is there an agreement that the u.s. will now help egypt prevent smuggling of weapons into gaza from -- >> well, you saw what the bhous put out, and that for us is a big issue because we don't want to see hamas, and that's one of the issues that we'll be discussing in the coming days. >> do you have an assurance from egypt that they will take
hamas controls gaza. they are responsible for gaza. >> will you ease the blockade of grauz as a result of this agreement? >> the thing is, wolf, over the last few years we've had a gradual lifting of restrictions, slow and steady, incremental, but a slow and steady process of easing restrictions. now, here you've got to put cause and effect in the right order. we only impose restrictions because of the hostility, because of the rockets, because of the violence, because of the...
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she did not meet with hamas leaders because the u.s. does not deal directly with the militant group. so gint acted as a go-between. today, second clinton announced they had a deal. >> the united states will with partners across the region to consolidate this progress, improve conditions for the people of gaza, provide security for the people of israel. >> tonight, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he will consider more severe military action if the cease-fire does not last. we have team fox coverage. david lee miller live inside southern israel but first to steve harrigan. he is live tonight in caro. what are the terms of the deal exactly? >> trace, three basic points coming out of this cease-fire agreement. first a cessation of hostilities on all sides. for israel that means they will no longer target members of hamas. for hamas it means they will no longer fire rockets into israel. second. a cooling off period of 24 hours. this will be a closely watch period to see whether this 8 days of violence has actually stopped. and
she did not meet with hamas leaders because the u.s. does not deal directly with the militant group. so gint acted as a go-between. today, second clinton announced they had a deal. >> the united states will with partners across the region to consolidate this progress, improve conditions for the people of gaza, provide security for the people of israel. >> tonight, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he will consider more severe military action if the cease-fire does not...
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hamas for decades really, before hamas was hamas, has -- when hamas came to power in gaza, president mubarak treated it like a criminal organization. now you had 13 arab foreign ministers coming to gaza visiting the hamas leader. and the hamas leader has often had to run around the world as if he was a terrorist. now he's receiving all these dignitaries. the hamas position is that there should be a cease fire immediately and that along with that cease fire, there should be an open -- or the siege on gaza because i'm glad you showed that map. gaza doesn't have any external border. it's surrounded by egypt or israel. according to various agreements, any goods that come in or out of are subject to severe restrictions and the people of gaza can't leave unless they are also given the specific security agreements. so what hamas is asking for is immediate change of all of that status. a lifting of the blockade making it possible for the people of gaza to export what they want, to travel as they want, and to have that coincide at the same time as a cease fire. israel doesn't want to do that.
hamas for decades really, before hamas was hamas, has -- when hamas came to power in gaza, president mubarak treated it like a criminal organization. now you had 13 arab foreign ministers coming to gaza visiting the hamas leader. and the hamas leader has often had to run around the world as if he was a terrorist. now he's receiving all these dignitaries. the hamas position is that there should be a cease fire immediately and that along with that cease fire, there should be an open -- or the...
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i think part have what israel has to accomplish is try to disarm hamas so hamas can't be a weapon against them if they ever have to attack iran. >> greta: i don't know how much choice there is. probably zero, but the whole idea that president morsi is one going to broker the deal. he did call israel a terror state and obviously taken his side. secondly, his country has been the country that iran sent these missiles that can reach tel aviv and jerusalem have been laundered through sudan, laundered through egypt, laundered into the gaza and into hamas. egypt is up to their eyeballs in supplying hamas with these weapons that can now reach these cities. >> this the guy that wants to have blind shake released trying to bomb the hell out of my city. to be honest broker, he is completely on the side of hamas. he has made it clear he supports islamic extremists and terrorism. if he were interested in peace here, he would be saying to hamas, sand down. if you keep lobbing missiles into israel you will get attacked. they have completely provoked this. i don't see benjamin netanyahu has much of a ch
i think part have what israel has to accomplish is try to disarm hamas so hamas can't be a weapon against them if they ever have to attack iran. >> greta: i don't know how much choice there is. probably zero, but the whole idea that president morsi is one going to broker the deal. he did call israel a terror state and obviously taken his side. secondly, his country has been the country that iran sent these missiles that can reach tel aviv and jerusalem have been laundered through sudan,...
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that has elevated hamas. they were fighting their arch enemy if you will and -- >> not recognizing the state of israel and israel views hamas as -- >> as a terrorist organization. >> yes. >> what does that mean moving forward for any kind of actual solution, two-state solution down the road? >> let's see if this were -- this will be overly optimistic, if this were to convince hamas that, you know what, you should accept the conditions of the united states, the european union, others have put forward, you will be recognized, you will be recognized as a -- people will talk to you, you accept israel, you renounce terrorism, and you accept previous israeli palestinian agreements, that would be a significant step forward. i'm not saying hamas is going to do that and we're not getting any indication they're doing it. at the same time, maybe this could be a potential down the road long-term breakthrough if that were to happen. >> the other concern is that hamas will use this time to replenish their stockpile of incr
that has elevated hamas. they were fighting their arch enemy if you will and -- >> not recognizing the state of israel and israel views hamas as -- >> as a terrorist organization. >> yes. >> what does that mean moving forward for any kind of actual solution, two-state solution down the road? >> let's see if this were -- this will be overly optimistic, if this were to convince hamas that, you know what, you should accept the conditions of the united states, the...
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>> reporter: you know if hamas changed and moderated its positions, if hamas met the three benchmarks that were articulated by the united nations, that is recognizing my country to exist. abandoning terrorism and violence, then the negotiations could begin. but on the contrary, i think in many ways hamas is stuck in a very extreme position. and the evidence we saw for that today. we had the bombing in tel aviv on the bus. and hamas praised that. they welcomed that. they said that was legitimate. and so as long as hamas is doing that sort of thing it is difficult to be optimistic. but if they do change, if they do moderate. if they fundamentally reserve some of their very hard line positions, the door can be opened. >> i mean, do you accept, though, obviously in the last eight or nine days, 30 times as many palestinians have been killed as israelis? so clearly, there is bloodshed on both sides. and israel is not blameless here, either. >> reporter: i think the most important issue here is though, what we're we doing? i mean, this whole operation was not to take territory or change regi
>> reporter: you know if hamas changed and moderated its positions, if hamas met the three benchmarks that were articulated by the united nations, that is recognizing my country to exist. abandoning terrorism and violence, then the negotiations could begin. but on the contrary, i think in many ways hamas is stuck in a very extreme position. and the evidence we saw for that today. we had the bombing in tel aviv on the bus. and hamas praised that. they welcomed that. they said that was...
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the head of the hamas today held a press conference in which he highlighted hamas position, and that is simple in their eyes, israel must stop all hostilities against the leadership and assassinating and killing key palestinian figures and call on the international community to lift a five-year blockade which restricts what comes in and out of gaza, including people, supplies and food and you name it. they want that lifted. at the same time israel says it will not abide by anything unless hamas agrees to stop firing rockets and hand over the weapons to egypt and hold the egyptian government responsible for hamas abide big the truce. so it is not about what both sides don't want, because they both want to avoid war, but what they want to come out of this appearing victorious or at least gained within their own political frameworks, and this is what is difficult for the egyptian media to bring these two sides together. >> thank you, so much from gaza. be safe. >>> and now to the middle east where president obama is now in cambodia, the third and the final stop on a multiday and multico
the head of the hamas today held a press conference in which he highlighted hamas position, and that is simple in their eyes, israel must stop all hostilities against the leadership and assassinating and killing key palestinian figures and call on the international community to lift a five-year blockade which restricts what comes in and out of gaza, including people, supplies and food and you name it. they want that lifted. at the same time israel says it will not abide by anything unless hamas...
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leaders but with president morsi, who is acting as an intermediary to the messages for hamas. we will seep you posted as we learn more about that diplomacy that is ongoing. >>> in just a few hours, president obama has a big decision to make. will it be cobbler or gobbler? the president will make the annual turkey pardon in the rose guardn this afternoon. one bird will become the national turkey and both will escape the thanksgiving dinner table and live the rest of their lives on george washington's mt. vernon estate in virginia. nbc deputy political editor domenidoe men joins was more on the annual tradition. this is one of your favorites, history buff that you are. it doesn't go back as far as i thought it might. >> it doesn't go back all that far. there was some confusion 15 years ago in bill clinton's pardon ceremony where he credited harry truman with having been the first to pardon a turkey. but, in fact, the truman library told us about three years ago when we first started doing this post, that he ate the bird most likely. >> what? >> that any bird that came to him he
leaders but with president morsi, who is acting as an intermediary to the messages for hamas. we will seep you posted as we learn more about that diplomacy that is ongoing. >>> in just a few hours, president obama has a big decision to make. will it be cobbler or gobbler? the president will make the annual turkey pardon in the rose guardn this afternoon. one bird will become the national turkey and both will escape the thanksgiving dinner table and live the rest of their lives on...